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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
Disadvantages of Being Mute.

4 teacher in one Of our deaf and dumb
Institutes has presented some statistics
relative to the sign language which are
Of interest as showing the great disad-
vantage mute labors under as compared
with one who can articulate. He has
counted the average number of words q
pupil uses per day and finds them TO be
LIS. It is estimated that q mother
articuiates $4,000 words 10 her child
each day. Even allowing for the parts
OF sentences made 10 DO duty for the
whole, and the many signs used by the
mutes to express whole ideas, we can
understand in some degree the disadvan-
tasaS OF even the most favorable condi-
nors.-Chicago Tribune.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
ONE OF THE LOST ARTS.
The Ingenious Way in Which Wine Is Kept
from Eermenting.

The Ingenious Way in Which Wine Is Kept
from Fermenting.
'sThere is some unfermented wine, :"
said West street wine importer, '"tlat
will keep as long as is desired"
els there anything peculiar about the
method of keeping it,
ooh, yes. The pure juice Of the grape
IL pressed into the bottles. Then some
olive oil is poured in at the top Of each
bottle. This effectually excludes the air,
and none can work down into the wine
to ferment it. At the same time any air
that was III the juice finds its way up
through the OIL
"But one would suppose the oil would
flow into the glass when the bottle was
put in use.
That is prevented by sopping up the
Gil with cotton when the bottle is I'M
corked. The cotton abSorbs it little by
little. All that is needed is q little
patience.
The reporter mentioned the matter to q
doctor Of divinity noted for his researches
in ancient history and the manners and
customs of nations.
That is real discovery" said he.
THAT is one of the lost arts that Wendell
Phillips did not mention in his celebrated
lecture. This art of keeping unfermented
wine was practiced by the Egyptians
many years before Christ. But it was
lost. 1t has now been rediscovered and
is coming into general Use. New York
Mai and Express.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
Old Patent Medicine Men.

I was asking an old druggist recently
what had become of the patent medicine
pen who advertised their wares SO extern
sively forty years ago. There was old
DR.. Jacob Townsend's sarsaparilla, Nine.
Zodoc Porter's balsam, Brandreths pills,
and others whom ! have forgotten. Dir.
Townsend made mint of money, went
deep into real estate speculations in this
city and was forced into bankruptcy.
hrs. Porter sold out her business for
800, COO and made herself comfortable.
The Brandreths live up In Westchester
county and are wealthy. The old time
advertisers of these patent wares made
less of rush than their successors,
but managed to get there all the same. -
The greatest crash In this line came to
Walker. the vinegar bitters man, whose
wife at one time cut magnificent dash
in Central park with her gold plated har-
ness, and who erected town building
and library in his native town in Massa-
chusetts. York Cor. Philadelphia
Record
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
A Body for the Work.

When we have ascertained what the
conditions are that produce these differ
ences in man that together make class
or type, we shall be able TO produce that
class or type, and we shall also be able to
tell what type of body is best suited for
given occupation and for residence in a
gwen country. Then we shall train
men so that we shall no longer send them
into occupations with types Of body IN
fitted for the conditions Of that occupa-
ton, and consequently we shall be spared
the misery and loss of those numerous
bEeakdowps from unsuitability of type
that are now daily brought before u.s.
O. W. Eambleton.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
. A FRAGRANT SUBJECT.
Peppermint OIL, Where 1t is Grown. How
Distilled and Whittier Shipped.

/
'The SPECTATORS are at work again. "
said a wholesale druggist when shown a
dispatch from Lyons, N. Y, stating that
there are over 200, 900 pounds Of pepper
mint oil in Wayne county, and in conse-
quence the price is lower than at any
time in the past thirty years.
Peppermint is a small crop compared
with wheat or corn. - he continued, "and
it is grown on a small territory, Wayne
county, in this state, producing nearly all
the peppermint oil that is used in TIE
world. These facts make it a tempting
field for speculation.
How do the spectators operator"
They begin just as that dispatch indi-
Gates: first, by saying that there is large
quantity of oil held over from last year,
which is not true; then they overstate the
amount on hand, and finally they clinch
the matter by saying that only $3.50
pound is offered. That price may be
offered, but the farmers who produce the
Oil are too sharp to sell at less than $3.50
a pound, and they will hold it and bea.
the spectators at their own game"
''Why is not more of it raisedf"
IL nc AiiHt iCi uIlSS pSCuIioI SUI etill
special care is needed both in the raising
Of the plant and the distilling of the oil.
The crop is grown on land that is moist
and has rich, sandy loan. The mint is
planted in burrows thirty inches apart,
and while growing requires great deal
of cultivation, as every weed has to be
kept out. Otherwise the OIL would not be
good. When full grown and in bloom it
is cut with scythe and hauled to the
still as soon as IL is wilted.
Large steam tubs with tightly fitting
covers are used to hold the mint, which
is tranped down thoroughly. The steam
is turned on at the bottom, and, passing
upward through the mass of mint, vapor-
ICES the oil and carries it out through
pipe at the top. This pipe carries the
steam and oil into spiral worm or cooler
surrounded by cold water. Here the
steam is condensed into water and the oil
settles on top Of it. Both now pass to
receiving tank, which has an overflow
pipe running from the bottom up nearly
70 q level with the top. The object Of
this is TO draw off the water from the
bottom and leave the oil to be dipped
from the top. The oil is as clear III color
as the best kerosene. 1t is packed in tin
cans for shipment and is sent all over the
United States, and considerable of it goes
abroad"
'sIs there none raised in Europe
eyes, Germany produces a little, but
we send more to Germany than Germany
raises, and we furnish not only England
and France, but Russia and Austria a.
well. The greatest use for it is in con
fectionery. Peppermint lozengers are
eaten from one end of the globe to the
other, and you can form some idea Of the
quantity of them made from the fact that
$3.50, 900 worth Of the oil is used every
year to favor them. New York Mail
and Express.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
Brain Power OF YVonaankind.

But before we can form any opinion as
to the fitness Of their sex to produce half
dozen immortals m a millennium we
must first ask if historic and social in
fuences have produced generation of
womanly precursors, and a group of
women Of talent, out of which the miss
ing immortal might have emerged 1t
does not quite settle the question TO say,
what is no doubt true, that if women had
stronger brains they might have pro-
duced both. The brains both of men
and women exercise themselves habim-
ally upon such stuff as the customs of
their age and race set before them.
An enormous part of the brain power
Of mankind has been spent. or wasted, in
shifting the Philistines hip and thigh; an
enormous part of the brain power of
wonankind has been spent, or wasted,
in cajoling Samson. But the victories of
Samson pave the way for those of Saul,
and the victories of Saul lay the founda-
tons of the throne of Solomon. The
daughters of Delilah found no dynasty,
though they help 30 upset a good many.
In other words, by following the fashion
which required men to fight, the men on
the winning side may drift into social and
political relations favorable to the growth
OF Civilization, while the primitive divis-
ion Of labor, which confined woman TO
the tent or homestead, cut them of, as a
class, from the educational influences of
power and free association with powerful
equals. Here and there woman of ex-
ceptonal capacity and position might ap-
pear by chance among the rulers of men,
but the opportunity would be owing to her
connection by birth on marriage with the
privileged class, and would make no open
ing for Others Of her sex.-Nineteenth
Century.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
Education in the South.

Recent Investigations have shown that
nearly million pupils are in the public
schools Of the southern states; that the
amount Of money expended annually for
schools is Sll. 545. o0o, and that since 1880
the number of public schools has been in
creased from rs, 900 to 61,5S3. In face
of these figures the talk concerning Hitter
acy in the south Is without foundation in
fact. There is illiteracy. Of course. but
nothing ike what has been stated. -
Mobile Register.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
Reading for Ward Rooms,

. Since you arc curious TO know what
Is read IL ward rooms, - writes a naval
ofhcer, Il viii undertake TO give you a
general statement. Old newspapers, par-
qcu-arly Local papers and cheap novels,
form the bulk of our literature. There
are lev omnivorous readers among Us.
ana now and then critical one. | have
friend who enjoys the whole of Her
bert Spencer, and in my last ship there
were three who appreciated Stevenson,
Meredith and Jane Austen. PERHAPS
something OF this latter result was due 10
missionary effort. w. D. Howells in
Earper's Magazine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
The German Voice.

think if Germans who compare the
German and American singing, 70 the adj
vantage Of their own nation, knew the
opinion their own great counIynan.
Richard Wagner. had u their voices,
they would Us disposed 70 search for the
reasons Of his conclusions before they
fattered their own vocal powers Wag-
neT believed that the German voice Is too
harsh and too little susceptible Of ncdu-
lauOn for true nlelodv, and have In my
poeketbcok g statement of his Rejecting
particularly upon the coarse tones OF
ETusslan sinssrs.-LeStes Crawford =
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
A Question Of Authority.

\ professor of medicine who was dan
gerously i'll told the colleagues st his bed
side that according 10 his diagnosis he
could not hive longer than three days.
After three days, however. he began TO
mend. ard his wife spoke TO him in a
hopeful strain. Bat the professor inter
rupted her angrily with the words: Don Z,
talk 10 re in this way; | must die: Go
you wan. me 20 make myself ridjculcus:"
Biaatter.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
The Truffie Hunting PIC.

In parts Of France and Italy, instead Of
dogs. pig IS used. The kind known as
the Perigord pig is thought to be the most
expert. This animal also Is susceptible Of
q certain amount of training. las soon
as the pig has disinterred the trufile, "
says Fguier. lit remains for a few mo-
ments motionless Ike a pointer; but, if It
is kept waiting too long its gluttony fire.
quently gets the better of its training"
According to the same authority, a truffle
pig, Well taught, is worth about 200
francs. Leisure Hours.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
Alasks's Fruits and Vegetables.

A man in Alaska writes: .'Cranber7ies,
whortleberr,es and saironberries grow
here IN abundance. Strawberries were
sold on the street by natives today, but
thev were not ripe. Peas, lettuce. rad
iShes and csuIdower are raised here"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18

Side saddles are slowing going opt Of
fashion in England, and the man fashion
way Of riding Is BENG adopted by many
of the ladies. side saddles have teen an
Cse slace 1855.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19
A WORD OF

AS an evidence Of the high.handed
methods resorted to by Alex Mckenzie,
the Bismarck boss, and his associates in
perverting the will Of the people and
trampling the laws under foot, the Bis
marck Settler has the following on the
late election in Burleigh county
The meagerness of the vote on divis.
ion is explained by the fact that the
election was irregulariy called and
everything done by the officials 10 pre-
vent any expression on the subject.
But nevertheless not a township in
Burlelgh county, even including the
city of Bismarck, gave a majority
against division. And the capital
county after all will not reduce the
great territorial majority for division.
Now If the Mckenzie gang want the
capital removed from Bismarck they
have only to continue their anti-division
tactics. The time may come when the
divisionists themselves will advocate and
work for admission rs q whole and then
assist in removing the Bismarck capital
elephant to Huron.
The majority for division means a
great deal besides division. 1t means
the overthrow of the political parasites
who have stopped short of nothing that
is mean and dishonest to gain their sci.
fish ends.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19

GEN. II. r. JACKSON, who served in
the rebel army, made speed at Macon,
Ga, recently in which he used the fol.
lowing language:
In that triumphal procession (allud.
ing to the final triumph of the local SOY.
ereignty principle as opposed to cen
tralized power] Abraham Lincoln
shall not move as the rightful president.
but Jefferson Davis, the so called traitor
leader of a so called lost cause.
Gen. Jackson was among the first ap.
pointees of Mr.. Cleveland. He wa
given the Mexican mission. He after
wards resigned because he couldn't
keep sober, and is now supporting the
administration in the solid south
There is at this time Il peculiar bold
ness in the words and actions of such
u%nrepentent rebels as Jackson. State
sovereignty stock is gradually approach
ing par under a Democratic administra
ton. Who can fortell its future value
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19

division is practically a petition pray
ing congress to do q certain thing. 1t is
a petition signed by a majority; an un.
disputed majority. There was no fraud,
force or intimidation at the election.
The ballot was free and untrammeled.
The contest was not over a question Of
personal emolument; it was an open
issue ''for division" or against division"
"For division" won, and the voice of the
majority should be respected.
The call for q convention at Aber-
deem to demand admission as a whole
is simply a sore head movement, in
which a few Church Democrats and the
old capital commission ring are taking
part. You won't find any Day Demo.
Gratis in that convention; nor will there
be present any Of the independent, un-
purchasable divisionists.
Division mean economy and honesty
in public affairs; admission as a whole,
as advocated by Mckenzie, Church,
Edwards & Co., means personal and po-
litical control of Dakota by a gang of
~self-seekers; it means packed conven'
tions, p%urchasable legislatures, jobbery,
roguery and general cussedness. This
has been the condition of things in the
past. 1t will be the condition of things
in the future if the old band of political
pirates are permitted to rule and the
people who pay taxes are shut out and
virtually denied a voice in public affairs.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19
HOW NEW YORK WAS CARRIED,

Here is a nut for prohlbitionist poll
ticians and civil service reformers to
crack. The facts are vouched for by a
Democrat who opposed Fellows because
the record shows that he had been de.
tected in accepting money from Boss
Tweed during the latter's infamous reign
in New York. The article was written
a few days before the election:
The liquor dealers ASSOCIATION has
turned over 100000 to the Democratic
state convention. The brewers have
raised over 100000. The assessment
levied on oficeholders from this state in
Washington, and collected by G. V.
Hooper, an agent Of the Democratic
state committee, are about $4,000 ex-
elusive Of $1,000 given by President
Cleveland and other large checks. From
employees of the custom house and fed
eral offices in this city over $21,O 900 was
raised. Secretary Fairchild, Secretary
Whitney and heads of bureaus in Wash
lngton sent checks direct to the state
committees. MI. Whitney is said to
have contributed $4,000. So far as
known nearly 500 900 has been raised
by the Democrats and liquor dealers fol-
use next Tuesday. This is exclusive of
what has been contributed by employees
of the state and by Gov. Hill. Doodle
Alderman Cleary is personally at work
day and night for Fellows and the DEM
ocratic ticket, and so are Boodler Alder.
man Shields and Contractor Flynn and
others now under indictm ent.
What do the prohibitionist politicians
and Mugwumps think of it anyway?
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19

AN old veteran of the war persisted
and succeeded in marching at the head
of the anarchist funeral procession and
carried the stars and stripes. He said
he had fought under that flag for four
years and was now willing to die under
it. This little incident shows that there
are q few people yet on earth who cling
to the old flag, and believe in q nation
with a big N, Notwithstanding the ap'
parent capture of the country by an'
archists and unreconstructed rebels.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19

Or course a Democrat will be ap.
pointed to fill Sparks vacant official
shoes. That being the case, the INTER.
OCEAN dominates M. H. Day for the
position. MI. Day has held a claim
himself, and his long residence in Dako-
ia makes him familiar with the needs
of western settlers. With Day as gen.
eral land commissioner, the useless and
expensive luxury-the special agent
could be dispensed with, and the mil
lion dollars a year now being uselessly
spent in the special agent service would
be'saved to the government
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19

Oh np
and nullify a legal majority by a display
of unparalleled cheek and "gall."
Congress has repeatedly said that Da
kota people didn't know what they
wanted. The last legislature authorized
an election to settle the question. An
election was held, and the result is
decided majority for division. Nov
these conspirators are planning to 60 be
fore congress with the claim that the
majority for division is a mistake. The
result will be that congress will agar
decide that the people of Dakota dom
know what they want.
Mr.. Moore met with poor success II
this county. His scheme is too diaph
anous.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19
WORSE THAN SHOTGUN POLICY.

Aparty by the name Of Moore, register
ing from Ordway, South Dakota, was III
the city, Wednesday evening working
on few of our citizens IL the interest
of a so.called convention to be held
at Aberdeen Dec. 18th. This "conven-
ton" is called for the purpose o f"givlng
q digniied, proper and respectful ex-
preston" to the claims of Dakota to
statehood. The call is not signed; it is
anonymous; It's authors evidently being
ashamed of it. Those who have watch
ed the political course of few schemers
in this territory will not be surprised
to learn thatthis movement is meant to
nullify the majority given at the late
election for division. 1t is a one.state
movement, and can be directly traced
to Mckenzie, Church, Edwards &'Co.
In the opinion of the INTER-OcEAN it is
no better than the shot gun policy Of
South Carolina, the only difference be-
ing that in South Carolina they shoot
legal majorities full of holes while in
this case it is attempted to overcome
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY AND CIT
s

Commissioner Sparks has resigned.
Every city, town and hamlet in Dakota
should celebrate; every settler should
take a holiday. If ever a people had
cause for thankfulness, the people Of
Dakota certainly have. When he goes
out Of Office he will carry with him the
entire stock and trade of the much.boas.
ted land policy Of the Cleveland admin
istration. Ten millions of dollars would
not repair the damage that has resulted
In Dakota from the effects of that policy.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19
BACK TO cooN-sKIN DAYS.

BACK TO c00N-skIN DAYS.
Allen e. Thurman waved his bandana
and talked Democracy In Ohio during
the recent campaign. Following is an
extract from one of his speeches:
Do you know they are piIing up at
the rate of $100,0OO,000 a year in the
treasury of the United States money
that is collected for which the govern
ment has no use? Why, If the thing
ain,t stopped, after a while nearly al
the money will be in the treasury Of the
United States under lock and key, and
don't know but you will have to 20
back to trading coon skins in order to
get your daily bread.
And who, pray, is responsible for this
piling up of money? The lower house
of congress-the body that should take
the initiative in preventing the accumu.
lation Of this great surplus-has been in
the hands of the Democracy for 10 these
many years. The whole federal ma
chinery has been under Democratic
control for the past three years, and yet
this piling up process goes on. The
time has gone by when the Republicans
can be held responsible for the surplus
The fact is, the Democratic party finds
itself unequal to the emergency Of man
aging this great governmental e conom'
ical principles. 1t never was equal tc
the emergency; 1t ave will be. The
only kind Of government the Democ-
racy is capable of handling is the old
style coon.skin government referred to
by Mr.. Thurman. 1t only requires a
few short steps backward to that kind of
government. The mission of the De-
mocracy is to undo everything that the
Republicans have accomplished. The
first step backward will be the abolish
ment of the national banks, and the
establishment of the old style private
state banks, with a currency worth sc
cents on a dollar today and 40 cents to,
morrow. The next step backward will
be from this deprecated state bank shin
plaster currency to a coon skin curren'
cy. Then the Democracy will bt
happy. 1t will stand exactly where II
stood when it gave up the ghost in 1861
lon q coon.skin basis.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19
DIVISION DEMANDED.

Division has been carried by a ma.
jority that leaves no room for doubt as
to the wishes of the people of Dakota.
Had the vote at the late election been
twice as large. the majority for division
would have been twice as large. 1t can
no longer be said that the people Of
Dakota don't know what they want,
They have SAID. They have decided
in favor of division, and congress can.
not ignore their appeal. The vote fol
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19

One of the business men of Devils
Lake was in Grand Forks this week and
he says it is the bluest town he ever
saw. The business men generally are
greatly worried over the prospect. Dew
ills Lake is pointed to as the only town
in the north portion that hasn't 'lost its
head.n
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19

Ayers sarsaparilla acts directly and
promptly, purifying and enriching the
blood, improving the appetite, strength
ening the n and invigorating the
system. 1t is, in the truest sense, an al.
terative medicine, Every INVALID should
give it q trial.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19

THERE is q bad case of wicked part
ner" in the management of the Dakota
edition of the Pioneer Press. General
Tyner is the victim Of the last piece OF
wickedness from this source.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19

The Churchs Ferry Sun has been en-
larged one column to the page. The
Sun is one of the brightest and best
newspapers in North Dakota, and our
Ferry neighbors should feel proud of 1t.